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TREASURY-NOTE CABINET OB. TILL.

application filed January 11, 1922.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that ARTHUR WARREN, a subject of the King of Great Britain,residing at 2&9 West Ferry Road, Millwall, in the county of London,England, has invented a certain new and useful Improved Treasury- NoteCabinet or Till, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has for its object to provide an improved treasury orbank note cabinet or till adapted for use separately or in conjunctionwith a cash till.

In the improved treasury or bank note cabinet or till the notes areinserted through a slot and held so as to be exhibited until the nextoperation, between a pair of loops or frames adapted at the nextoperation to pass one through the other for transferring the note to thetill or floor of the cabinet and then return to normal position forreceiving and exhibiting the next note. I

As an example, the improved cabinet or till may be provided with a slotclosed by a shutter operated by a lever or handle which also operatesthe loops or frames, the said frames being so located and mounted behinda glass front and suitable springs being provided, that the movement ofthe operating lever for the purpose of opening the slot first moves thesmaller loop or frame, together with any previously received notethrough the larger loop or frame and then release the said smaller loopor frame which returns quickly to its normal position under springaction, in which position the upper ends of the loops or frames are sospaced apart as to receive the next note, the release of the operationglever then causing the frames to close together and hold the newlyinserted note exhibited through the glass front until the nextoperation.

I may combine with the above apparatus a change giving device ofsuitable kind, for example, the change for notes of different values maybe stored in a series of containers or packets, adapted to be withdrawnone at a time by a drawer released by a catch controlled by theoperating handle of the note cabinet mechanism.

The accompanying drawings to which reference will now be made show oneform of the invention.

Fig. 1 is a perspective view,

Figs. 2, 3 and 4C are vertical sections, show ing the parts in threedifferent positions.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of an appara- Serial No. 528,508.

tus similar to, Figs. 1 to t having a change giving mechanism combinedtherewith.

Fig. 6 is a sectional elevation of Figure 5, through the centre of thecabinet.

Referring to Figs. 1 to 4, a is the cabinet or till provided with a slot7) through which the notes may be inserted. o is the shutter by whichthe slot 5 is opened and closed, a is the larger of the pair of frames,and c is the smaller frame, both frames are formed of wire as shown, thelarger frame (3 is attached at its upper end to the shutter c, and thewires forming the sides of the said frame pass through holes 7 in thebase of the cabinet, or suitable guides may be provided whereby the saidwires may move freely to accommodate, themselves to the horizontalmovement of the shutter c, the smaller frame e is fixed at its lower endto a cross spindle g mounted so as to rotate in suitable bearings suchas 72, and is operated by an arm 2' and link connection from a triplever 70. Z is the operating lever pivoted at m and guided in a slot at.This lever Z is adapted to operate the trip lever by a weighted pawl 0carried at its lower end and operating in one direction only, the saidlever Z is also connected to and operates the shutter 0 through themedium of rods 79 q and a pivoted lever 1*. An inclined plate 8 isprovided having its forward end bent down over the spindle 9 so as tosupport the lower ends of the inserted notes and prevent the same frompassing down into the spindle g.

In operation, assuming the parts to be in the closed position shown inFig. 2, and it is required to operate the cabinet, the lever Z is pulledforward in its slot to uncover the slot 7), in so doing the pawl 0 onthe lower end of the said lever engages the trip lever Z4 and moves thesmaller frame 6 to the position shown in Fig. 3, and this loop inpassing through the larger loop d will carry with it any previouslyinserted note which may be held between the frames and deposit the onthe floor of the cabinet as indicated in dotted lines at I in Figure 3.As soon as the pawl 0 passes the end of. the trip lever is the latterwill be released and the frame c will fly back to initial position underthe action of its spring t. Further forward movement of the operatinglever Z will an cover the slot 25 and also bring the upper end of thelarger frame (5 at such distance from the upper end of the smaller frame6 as shown in Fig. 4, that a note can be inserted through the slot 6,such note being received between the frames at and c. On the operatinglever being released it is returned to normay position by its spring u,and the pawl 0 passes back over the lever is without operating the samethe shutter b closes over the slot and the larger frame cl closesagainst the smaller one 6, and against the glass front w, the parts thusreturning to the initial position shown in Fig. 2 and so as to hold thein serted note exhibited through the glass front 10 until the nextoperation when the same sequence of movements are repeated.

Referring now to Figures 5 and 6, these show a construction wherein achange giving mechanism is combined with apparatus similar to thatalready described with reference to Figs. 1 to 4:.

In this arrangement a larger cabinet is provided wherein the note tillis flanked on each side by vertical hoppers, 1, 1 each. containing apile of packets or trays 2 of change for the notes, for example, thetrays on the left hand may each contain change for one note value, andthe trays on the right hand change for another note value.

Only two sets of hoppers and drawers are shown but it is obvious thatthe number may be increased to correspond with the note to be receivedin the cabinet.

At the base of each hopper 1, 1 is fitted a delivery drawer 3, providedwith a stop 12, and locked and released by a catch 4 formed on the endof a lever 5 pivoted at 9 to the side frame 10. The lever 5 is operatedby intermediate levers 6, 7 and 8 from the larger frame d of the notecabinet so that the change giving drawers 3 are released every time thelever Z of the note cabinet is operated. The note receiving andexhibiting mechanism of the cabinet occupies a central position and thenotes fall down on to the floor of the cabinet which in this case ismuch lower down than in Figs. 1 to 4, being approximately level with thechange drawers 3.

In use, the operations of the apparatus for the insertion of a note inthe cabinet will be as already described with reference to Figs. 1 to 4,except that the notes delivered through the larger frame 0? will falldown to the bottom as indicated at 7 V The operation of the levers Zthrough the frame 03 and levers and rods 6, 7 and 8 will actuate thepivoted lever 5, raise the catch 4 out of engagement with the stop 12and change drawers 3, so that should the operator desire to give changefor the note in serted, he will pull out the drawer corresponding to thevalue of the note and thus withdraw one of the change packets from thepile in the hopper.

Access to the cabinet is obtained by opening the door 13 which alsoexposes the hoppers and other mechanism, so that the said hoppers may bereplenished as required.

The catch mechanism is duplicated on each side of the machine so as tocontrol the respective change drawers, and the said mechanism togetherwith the note cabinet and its mechanism is preferably mounted in a pairof frames, 10, 10 so itted as to be inserted and withdrawn from theapparatus as a separate unit.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A treasury or bank note cabinet and till wherein the notes areinserted through a slot, a pair of frames between which the notes arepassed and held so as to be exhibited, means for actuating said frameswhereby the one is passed through. the other to transfer the note to thetill, and means for returning the said frames to initial position forreceiving and exhibiting the next note.

2. A treasury or bank note cabinet provided with a glass front and aslot in the top, a shutter for opening and closing said slot, a pair offrames, one larger than the other, located beneath the slot and behindthe glass front and having movement first one through the other totransfer the note previously received to the till, one then re turningto initial position and the other remaining spaced apart so that a newlyinserted note may be received between the said frames, an externallyprojecting operating handle connected to and operating the shutter andthe larger frame, means whereby said operating lever operates thesmaller frame at the required times through a pawl and trip lever, andsprings for returning the parts to initial position, substantially asset forth. I

3. A treasury or bank note cabinet provided with a glass front and aslot in the top, a shutter for opening and closing said slot, a pair offrames one larger than the other located beneath said slot and behindthe glass front, the larger frame consisting of wires connected to theshutter at their upper end and carried down at the sides and passedthrough guides which permit the wires to accommodate themselves to themovement of the said shutter, the smaller frame consisting of looppivotally mounted at its base, and located within the area of the largerframe, a trip lever and intermediate levers connected to the pivot ofsaid smaller frame, an operating handle, rods and levers connecting saidoperating handle to the shutter whereby the said handle can operate thesaid shutter and larger frame, a' pawl carried by said operating leverand adapted to operate the trip lever of the smaller frame in onedirection only, springs for returning the part-s to initial position,substantially as set forth.

ARTHUR WARREN.

